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Make sure to read our Community Guidelines and this Navy Operations Security (OPSEC) checklist - loose lips sink ships!
Join groups! Browse for groups for your PIR date, your sailor's occupational specialty, "A" school, assigned ship, homeport city, your own city or state, and a myriad of other interests. Jump in and introduce yourself! Start making friends that can last a lifetime.
Link to Navy Speak - Navy Terms & Acronyms: Navy Speak
All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
...and visit Navy.com - America's Navy and Navy.mil also Navy Live - The Official Blog of the Navy to learn more.
OPSEC - Navy Operations Security
Always keep Navy Operations Security in mind. In the Navy, it's essential to remember that "loose lips sink ships." OPSEC is everyone's responsibility.
DON'T post critical information including future destinations or ports of call; future operations, exercises or missions; deployment or homecoming dates.
DO be smart, use your head, always think OPSEC when using texts, email, phone, and social media, and watch this video: "Importance of Navy OPSEC."
Follow this link for OPSEC Guidelines:
Events
**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
**UPDATE 7/29/2021** You now must be fully vaccinated in order to attend PIR:
In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR UP TO DATE INFO:
**UPDATE 8/25/2022 - MASK MANDATE IS LIFTED. Vaccinations still required.
**UPDATE 11/10/22 PIR - Vaccinations no longer required.
RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021
Please note! Changes to this guide happened in October 2017. Tickets are now issued for all guests, and all guests must have a ticket to enter base. A separate parking pass is no longer needed to drive on to base for parking.
Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.
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- Graduation Info
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Bootcamp & A school worries!
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Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on July 16, 2010 at 2:43pm
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Bootcamp runs about eight weeks from the time he is processed. Graduation is held in Great Lakes, IL and O'hare airport is the closest airport to the base. He will be able to write letters home but the first one takes two to three weeks to arrive. Do you have a good relationship with his parents?
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Comment by F!rEB!rD329 on July 16, 2010 at 3:00pm
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Mary: Me and his mom are REALLY close. Shes like my 2nd mom.
Cindy: He doesnt have a cell phone or laptop so can i send him one?
Thanks again for the advice. I was really feelin helpless. I think ill be spendin alot of time on this site! lol :D
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Comment by Anti M on July 16, 2010 at 3:14pm
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Join as many groups here as you can, the boot camp group, new moms (I know, you're not a mom), and the girlfriends group. Holler if you can't find them.
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Thank you sooo much Ms. Cindy, Anti M and Mary! Hopefully the following weeks will fly by. I just have to keep myself busy. And not worry so much! lol :D
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Comment by proudcorpsmanwife3 on July 16, 2010 at 11:49pm
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I am going through the same thing you are f!reb!rd. My boyfriend is about to graduate this coming Friday from Great Lakes and has A-school there as well. I am new to the whole Navy girlfriend thing. It was really hard for me to not hear from him for the first 3 weeks, but once you get that first letter it will hopefully cure any doubt you may have. I think as long as you have good communication with him and know that your bond with him is strong then you should have nothing to worry about. My boyfriend has told me stories about what they go through there in boot camp, it is intense to say the least. I went crazy not hearing from him but if you keep yourself busy the time will fly. My boyfriend has been gone since May 24th and honestly the weeks really fly by especially after you start getting letters from him! Maybe you and I can stay in contact and help each other understand the whole Navy thing!!
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